Andy King has marked 10 years at Leicester City - and what a decade it has been.

The Wales international, who joined Leicester from Chelsea as a 16-year-old, has been through it all: relegation to the third tier and then earning winners' medals for the League One, Championship and Premier League titles.

King gets his fair share of stick on social media, but there are few players, if any, who have dedicated so much of their career to Leicester.

City aim to keep Checkatrade Trophy hopes alive

Having lost 3-0 to Fleetwood in the first round of fixtures, City will be eliminated from Group A if they are defeated by Carlisle and Fleetwood beat Morecambe in the group’s other game.

So, Steve Beaglehole needs a positive result and he’ll have to do it without four key players. Darnell Johnson (England), George Thomas (Wales), Alex Pascanu (Romania) and Daniel Iversen (Denmark), all on international duty at various age levels.

City's under-23s will have to cope without Darnell Johnson tonight

Poll results

Fans' player of the month for September

After every City game, we ask for your player ratings.

We’ve collated all of the ratings for September (that includes games against Chelsea, Huddersfield, Liverpool and Bournemouth in the Premier League, as well as against Liverpool in the Carabao Cup), to get a player of the month.

Players had to feature in at least three of the five games, so Christian Fuchs and Vicente Iborra, who both scored well in their two games, are excluded.

It’s tight at the top and the winner may be a surprise. Here’s the top five:

Statistics

City predicted to finish eighth

City are predicted to finish eighth this season, despite their slow start to the season.

A mix of difficult fixtures and occasionally iffy performances mean City sit 17th after seven games with just five points.

But data company Gracenote Sports, who predict league tables, believe City will finish eighth on 48 points. Gracenote also had City to finish eighth before the season began, but with 53 points.

They also believe City should be ninth based on their performances so far. Calculated using expected goals (that stat you’ve started seeing on Match of the Day), City’s performances have been worth eight points (rather than five), a total that should have them in top half.

International news

Chilwell loses a roommate

Tottenham midfielder Harry Winks has been called up to the senior England squad, leaving City and England Under-21 left-back Ben Chilwell with a room to himself.

10 years of King

King opens up on death of friend

The death of a school friend has made Andy King extremely grateful for his football career.

King marked a decade since his City debut yesterday and, despite the struggles of that occasionally accompany a career in football, the midfielder said he would never complain after a friend died in Afghanistan during his breakthrough years at City.

“I feel very lucky to be in my position,” said King.

“I grew up with a friend from school called Dan who wanted to go into the army, while I wanted to be a footballer. He achieved his goal but trod on a mine in Afghanistan and died.

“Whenever I think the going is getting tough I think about Dan. I have lived my dream and he achieved his but how could I possibly complain when things don’t go my way in something as small as football when he has paid the highest price for his country?”